my xmas voicethred

harry potter for my 5 years

this is for my loving for 5 of harry potter tomorrow. I have all the movies and books and some extras for real fans. I have 2 of the games that are different (not the same)

My friends blogs

Here are my friends blogs:
jimmy
yotam
dillon
callan
byron

Mackenzie's Marvellous Blog: Basic Facts Graph T4

Mackenzie's Marvellous Blog: Basic Facts Graph T4

The Art Show

Today we (room 11) went to the Art Show at the Greymouth high school. There was more the 70 art works there at the The Art Show. I think it was really interesting and fun because there where lots of arts of my fave but my best one was the art with a Lego fireman made in 2005. it is my fave because I LOVE playing with lego.

WALT: coordinates

Basic Facts Graph T4

kiwi kids quiz for Wednesday

Today was the kiwi kids quiz for Wednesday. 

(bad thing you have to pay for it)

i got 50% (15 ponts)

So Miss Panther beat me :(

The great Trade-off game

PrEp is about spending money, making stuff and selling it for big market or little market. before PrEp we have to learn about how to use it properly for the markets. so Miss Panther has found a game about spending money and saving here is the rules. (click on the photo to make it bigger)

once you know the rules you need the board to print. (the teachers will print)

once you know the rules, have the board and got everything, it's time to play! (you will need to make this bigger) Good luck and make the best player win!

I learnt from this game that i need to save more!

Daniel Radcliffe no ordinsry wizard - personal response

The genre of this book is a non - fiction

This book is about a boy named Daniel Radcliffe that plays the Harry Potter, what hes like and his favourite things.

My favourite character is Daniel Radcliffe because i think he is a good star.

click here for my a-z

Marshmallows bare bones

WALT: create a bare bone plan

1: boy at campfire cooking marshmallows

2: a monster creeps up behind him
3: boy gets scared
4: campfire goes out
5: the monster gets closer
6: boy gets more scared
7: monster takes off mask and it's his friend
8: boy and his friend laugh

Big day out By Mackenzie H

WALT: describe a moment in time

I went up the steps as i wanted to get to the top. the others where racing as well for the same reason. I can here the water as it went whoosh down. i went down and once i got down i feel good and wet. it was so cool. this is the best 5 mins of my life.

Man to the past part 1 by Mackenzie

The adventure begins.

Hi. My name is Mackenzie and this is my EPIC story. Today I got a letter saying that my time machine is ready. Five years ago i built a time machine but i did not finish it. So I asked the guy who sent me the letir to finish it for me. Now it is finished and time to test it out. Fifty sakins later i got to my time machine and got ready to test the time mashing. I opened my time machine door I wanted to go back 5 minutes ago for a test. As it was going it lite up and went back 5 minutes ago and I took the town of life. BUT I forgot to read the instructions. OH NO! So now i am trapped 5 minutes in the past. but i know that my past self can not see me. so that is good. Then i read the instructions a little bit. It said that if i go back 5 minutes ago i went back 5 years ago. DOUBLE OH NO! Back at my normal time, an evil, evil man found my time machine and went back the same time as me and wanted to kill me. Before he spotted me i was in a house and was safe. some robots blow up the door. what good luck, there was a door on the roof. “I think i’m safe and clere. Five seconds later he got me in his site. “Frece, i am a bad cop and all i want is the stone of life.” said the bad cop with his big army of cops. “I would rather die than give it to you!” I said to the bad cop. “Look everybody, we can do this the easy way or the…” said the bad cop. then i started to run. “He took the hard way, FIRE YOUR GUNS!” said the bad cop. then everything started to blow up. “I got to get out of here.” I said to myself. Then i saw a plane with no roof and i jumped into it and flew away “I don’t know what i’m doing.” I said to myself. then the bad cop came with a big gun on top of his car. “Goodbye, Boom.” As he fired the big gun at the plane. The bullet almost hit me BUT it blow up the plane. “AAAAA!” I said to myself. As soon as i hit the ground, I started to run again. then i saw a car and i jumped in to it and drove away. then the escape from the army of cops began. Just as i needed help, my buddy jumped from the sky. “Need a hand?” my buddy said to me. “I shore do need a hand in defeating these robots.” I said to him. “You may remember me, i am oliver, I was the guy who sent you the letter when the time machine was finished.” oliver said. “Ok, I got a plan, you drive the car, and i will throw this box of dynamite at the robots, ok?” I said to oliver. “Ok.” said oliver. “Lets do this!” oliver and me said together. Just as I throw my first dinamite at the robots, they started to shout at us. then the well fell into the car.  “NO, THE WELl!” I yelled. “We need to atash the well to something that spins around.” oliver said. then I heard the same voice echoing in my head. Just as the voice stopped, i had an idar. to attach the well to the well hole. and it worked. we turned and the robots went bey, bey down the cliff. the end. WHAT! I still need to get back home. “The time machine, I can use it to go forward instead of back.” I said. so that is what I did. I went back to my normal time with oliver and everything went back to normal. Well I would not say everything. “come on mackenzie, Lets celebrate my birthday.” said oliver.HA HA HA HA HA HA! To be continued!!!

man to the past part 2

featuring:

oliver muncs

Main Star Science Experiment

 

Mackenzie's Science Experiment

 

You will need:

 

3 clear glasses (fill 2 with water)

2 different lots of food colouring

2 paper towels folded in half and then in half again longways

 

 

Step 1.
Put one lot of food colouring into one cup of water and the other lot of food colouring into the 2nd cup of water. Leave one cup empty.

 

Step 2.
Put one of the paper towels into the first cup and then bend it into the empty cup. The other paper towel goes into the 2nd cup of coloured water and then bends into the empty cup too.

My Predictions are:

The water will get evenly added to the empty glass and mix the colours. I thought that could happen by pouring the water from the blue glass and the yellow glass evenly into the empty glass.

We took a photo after 2 minutes.

Next Prediction:

The colours are moving. I think they are going to meet in the empty cup and they will change colours.
The middle cup will fill up with a mixture of blue and yellow - I wasn't sure what colour that would make and guessed red.

We started checking on this every 10 minutes to see what was happening.

Next Prediction:

The water will turn green and the paper towels will too.

DID THAT HAPPEN?????

The next morning this is what I found ...

 

 

The water had walked along the paper towels into the empty glass.

The middle glass now has about the same amount of water as the two other glasses

...

and

...

the water in the middle cup is now

GREEN!!

 

The paper towels on the ends that were sitting in the middle cup are now green but the rest of them is the colour that they were originally.

 

COOL HUH??

 

This is called

WALKING WATER.

 

message in a bottle narrative by Mackenzie H

WALT: Use the correct tense in my writing
WALT: Use strong verbs in my writing
WALT: I will use 1-3 paragraphs in my writing
NSL: To use more verbs and have 1 idea with lots of detail

One day I was walking at the beach and 5 minutes later I saw a bottle with a message in it. “What is that bottle doing here?, the sign said no littering.” I said. Just a few seconds later I realized there was a message in the bottle.

“I think I should take it home and see what the message is.” I said. Then i turned around and went back home. when i got home i opened the bottle. The message read “Good luck is coming your way tomorrow!”

“whatever i mean i am already lucky.” i said. does it mean i get more luck and be SO lucky, yes. The next day i woke up and i did all my jobs in 5 minutes. “WOW!” I said.

THE END!

Wicked Writing: Session - 3 Cold by Mackenzie H

Wicked Writing: Session - 3 Cold by Mackenzie H: WALT: personify cold The wind shoved me back so far. The rain was so heavy that it got into my eys. By Mackenzie H

javelin throw narrative by Mackenzie H

javelin throw narrative by Mackenzie H
WALT: use adjectives and to complete a piece of writing QUICKLY 

Today i got up at 8:00 am and said, “Today is the most important day because it is the final event for the commonwealth games.” I said. “The event is javelin throw, great because I am really good at throwing.” My peaceful mum and busy dad wished me good luck in the javelin throw event. 4 hours later I got where they held the event in Christchurch and found out who i was against. “OMG!” I said as i was against the tallest the strongest man I have ever seen in my life, Angus Oliver, but it was a good thing that I was fully trained for this even though I was smaller then him but I was a little bit nervous. “Let the event BEGIN!” the event starter said. I went first, then I got the javelin ready to throw, I ran, I threw and i got to the 60 meter mark. Then it was his turn and he got the 60 meter mark so we had to do it again, this time we both got 70 meters. “The final attempt to win.” said the event starter. I did it and got 80 meters. He did it and got… We were waiting for the score. It was 79.99 meters. “OMG YES!!!” I said. “MACKENZIE WINS!” said the event starter. It felt great to stand in 1st place. When I returned home with my gold mettle my mum and dad were so proud of me!


The end!

Ninjago a ninja's path - personal response

I think the genre of this book is adventure.

This book is about 6 ninja and a boy named loud garmadon.

My favourite character is Kai because he is the most fearless.

A-Z Kai 

Commonwealth games

I think the Commonwealth games are: 5 different type of sports. (i know of)
sport 1: sprint
sport 2: javelin throw
sport 3: long jump

sport 4: discus
sport 5: herdils

Other facts I know are: The commonwealth games are on a XBox 360 kinect game called kinect sports
There are ?? that can compete in the commonwealth games
There are 3 medals
medal 1: Gold
medal 2: Silver
medal 3: Bronze

Twelve doors

A evil clone of me sent to kill me.
A tornado as big and wide that it could sweep away heavy things.
A evil wizard with potions that could kill you.
An invisible man holding a gun.
A dragon with lasers coming out of his mouth.
A thunder storm that could set fire.
A evil robot as big as a TALL building.
A evil monster teacher. (like miss panther)
The hills coming to life and killing you.
A call saying you are going to die and then you do.
The end of the world with darkness.

Shape shift into anything i want.

W.A.L.T work out change from $3

Lone Robot description By Mackenzie H

WALT: use adjectives and to complete a piece of writing QUICKLY

one day i was walking in a place with trees up high and lefs on the ground. then for a few seconds later i saw black smoke in the sky. I thought to myself “ what is that black smoke in the sky?” I went close to it and i found a tran. It had a simble that on my body. So i hopped on the tran. i rubbed the symbol on my body and fell to sleep. To be continued...

Girl on a string description By Mackenzie

WALT: use adjectives and to complete a piece of writing QUICKLY

I was walking along the path when the sun was blocked by something circle. It was big and wide. It looked like the moon but it is showing in the day. there was something hanging onto the circle. It was hard to see without the sun. so hard. it was foggy and dark. it wasn't very windy at all. i looked some more and it was a girl hanging on a string for a billion.

    

Hanning bed discripchen By Mackenzie H

WALT: use adjectives and to complete a piece of writing QUICKLY

I stood under the dark of the tree. There was a ladder leading up. It was a rectangle shape. The shadow was big. It was swinging left and right. It was dripping water like it it was raining. the ground was wet from the water above.

There was a lamp and i climbed the ladder and I found a bed.

I jumped on the bed and jumped on it all day long.

take the cake - main star

Dear Mrs Drake,

I think differently than other people.

This affects me in lots of ways … making friends, the way I learn and the way I see things that happen around me.

This term, for our main star activities, we needed to nominate someone from my syndicate for a take the cake.

I didn’t think I would be able to do this because at school I feel left out and picked on sometimes.

But last week I felt different to normal days.

I had my STAR, PAT maths and PAT punctuation and grammar test results back in class and I did really good.

My teacher told almost everyone in my class about my results.

(Mum even told me she had heard back from other parents that they had heard from the kids in my class about how well I did.)

So this week, I want to nominate my class, Room 11 and Miss Panther for take the cake for showing support to me when I got my STAR test results. It made me feel like I belonged in the class.

Sincerely,

Mackenzie Hallberg

Random Acts of Kindness - Mainstar

For my random acts of kindness I did

1. At the supermarket I loaded the bags into the trolley at the counter, then pushed the trolley to the car. Then I unloaded the groceries into the boot and when we got home I took all the bags inside to the kitchen. Mum was very happy.
   
   
   
   
   
2. I went to Mr and Mrs Komen's house. I filled their coal bucket and took it inside. Then I went out to the wood pile with Mr Komen and took in 2 armfuls of wood and put it by the fire for them.
3. When it was Support Staff day, I took Abi and Ellie in some fudge to say thankyou for helping me out at school. They both loved the fudge!
4. Greg from my Dad's work had his birthday last week. Mum was making lolly cake for us but I thought it would be a great idea to take some to Greg because he likes lolly cake  A LOT!
5. Today I took a big plate of chocolate chip biscuits that I made with Mum to school for the staff to enjoy ... just because!

Preparing for camp - mainstar

To plan, prepare and pack for camp I did:

• I brought the list home (very helpful)
• with mum we checked if we needed to buy anything
• we made sure that my clothes were clean in the few days before camp
• we needed to buy a waterproof raincoat, new thermals, new long pants and a onesie
• dad got my sleeping bag out from the caravan for me
• we made piles of clothes and ticked the got it checklist
• then mum named all my things
• then checked off the list as we packed it together

Then I was packed all ready to go ... exciting!!!

Squad Training - club - main star

Swimming - Squad Training

This term I moved from after school swimming lessons to Squad Training.
My training is on a Monday at 4.45 for 45 minutes.

The first two weeks of Term 2, the pool was closed for repairs so there was no training.
The third week our class went on camp - so I missed that session.

Week 4
My first week at training. I met my coach - his name is Rhys.
We did lots of lengths of swimming. We did freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke.
At the end of the session we did diving and underwater activities.

Week 5
... Queens birthday  - so no sessions for us.

Week 6
This week we did lots of warm-up lengths. We also did dolphin kicks. A dolphin kick is where you keep your hands joint together and pointing in front of you. Your body wiggles like a dolphin and you keep your feet together and make them kick at the same time. I'm not very good at this but I am trying very hard.

Week 7
Here is todays training schedule.

 

When we had nearly finished we practiced our diving and were trying to work out how deep we needed to dive to get the fartherest away from the flags.

 



Week 8
This week we did the same as last week for our warm up lengths.
There was only me and another girl there so we had lots of fun together.
We practiced tumble-turns and diving too.

Book Character Day ... Jake the Dog.

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

Alpine Survival Kit Main Star

This is what I think needs to go in a basic survival kit (all stored inside a dry bag):

• pencil and paper
• whistle
• tin foil
• sealable plastic bags
• pocket knife
• torch
• cell phone
• water
• water bottle
• packaged food
• sunscreen
• bug repellent
• map
• gloves
• woollen hat
• water proof jacket
• survival blanket
• first aid kit

If you are going overnight tramping, you would need to take extra items like:

• sleeping bag
• bed roll
• hiking stick
• cooking and eating utensils
• spare warm clothes



Here are two websites to visit if you are going into the alpine environment for further information

www.mountainsafety.org.nz
www.trampingnz.com

Hanging Bed description

Hanging Bed description By Mackenzie

WALT: use adjectives and to complete a piece of writing QUICKLY

I stood under the dark of the tree. There was a ladder leading up. It was a rectangle shape. The shadow was big. It was swinging left and right. It was dripping water like it was raining. the ground was wet from the water above.
There was a lamp and i climbed up the ladder and I found a bed.
I jumped on the bed and jumped on it all day long


By Mackenzie H

Library book returned 61 years late - kiwi kids news

A man has returned his Library book 61 years late. WOW. the mans name was Ron Webster. he his book in 1953. Ron was on the hook for a $7,651 fine. WOW. I would get that book back before i get a fine of $7,651 because i don't have $7,651 to pay.
the photo is
this>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

this was posed to kiwi kids news

on June 19, 2014

Library book returned 61 years late

All Blacks beat England - kiwi kids news

The All Blacks (who play for rugby) have beaten England 20-15 in the first game of their three match series.

The win keeps the all Blacks 20 year unbeaten run at Eden Park, although the All Blacks didn’t claim the win until the 78th minute. If they lost, what would you do? write a comment of what you would do. the photo is
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kiwi kids news - All Blacks

Wet world - personal response

Genre - Humour

Summary - This book is about 2 boys named mat and nick, they are best friends and they go to wet world.

Question - Who is your fave character and why?

Boyz Rule - Wet world vocaroo

Audio and voice recording >>

Using doubles

Arthurs pass camp 2014

Maths presentation

How has mining changed over the years?

Enter at your peril - personal response

Created with Padlet

Genre - horror

Summary - This story is about a boy named David, who go's into creepy cottage and meets an old lady. 

Question - What would you like to ask the author?

Moon turns red - kiwi kids news.

Three weeks ago on Tuesday night there was a red moon in the sky. I don't think that is our moon. The red moon can be also be named as the blood moon. It started around 7.45pm. It was posted on kiwi kids news on the April 16, 2014. the blood moon looks like this \/. also a few weeks ago there was a news report about it.

                                                                                

My adventure holiday

the story that you are going to read, is REAL!

In the holidays mum, dad and kristian took me to Christchurch (in the storm) to see Aunty Rhonda and go to Dunedin to see my Nana and granddad for a week. The next day, me and Aunty Rhonda tried to get from christchurch to Dunedin in one day. But we got stuck in Oamaru because the road was closed! OH NO! lucky granddad saved the day, by booking a place to stay for the night. YAY! It was kind of like harry potter’s room(a cupboard under the stars) inside another room. The next day, the road was open with caution. so we could drive but slow:) A few minutes later, we got to Dunedin. YAY! here are some of the things I did, spent some time with Aunty Lynda, Uncle Gary, Sam and Ben, went to the Lego day at the Meridian Mall, Went to see the Lego movie - EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!, Went to the spider park, Went to the$2 n’ $5 shop and bought a toy gun called an AK-47. after a week, Nana and Granddad drooped me of in Oamaru so my mum and dad could pick me up and take me back home. I had fun in the holidays.

:)

         By Mackenzie Hallberg

the owl tree - personal response

The genre of this book is Adventure.

This book is about an owl tree, a man named Mr rock and hero.

My favtourite character is Granny Diamond because She know's the owl tree more then anybody else.

click here for my A-z   

The Tales of Beedle the Bard - personal response

I have abandoned this book because i got more then 5 words wrong.

      

Fuss the farm dog - personal response

The genre of this book is humour.

This book is about a dog named Fuss, 3 owners and farm animals.

My favtourite character is Fuss because she is the main character of this book.

click here for my A-z Fuss

main stars-I got a silver for my main star

main star flow chart for carrots

I chose to do a flow chart about carrots. I know that carrots start out as seeds and grow in the garden. Last year for a main star activity I grew carrots - they didn't grow very well for me though and we fed them to the reindeers on Christmas Eve!

mainstar hand write a letter

 

 

I wrote to my Uncle Mike. He lives in Woodend which is near Christchurch. He has two children named Tyla and Riley. Tyla is turning 10 in the Easter holidays and Riley will be 4 this year. I like spending time with Uncle Mike and Aunty Melissa. We go camping together at Christmas time. They have a BIG boat that we sometimes go on to ride the biscuit, knee board and they go wakeboarding.

Main star obstacle course

 

This is my obstacle course. I started in the back yard. First I had to jump over the stool, then run to the basketball hoop and shoot the ball in the hoop. Then I had to climb over the tall fence and get down and onto my scooter and go along the path. At the next fence I had to jump over it and run along the footpath and round the gate. Then I had to zigzag around the cones and then go back and run along the driveway beside the house, go through the gate and tackle the tackle bag!

I got Mum to time me and Kristian doing it
The results are:
Mackenzie's 1st run = 39 seconds
Kristian's 1st run = 46 seconds
Mackenzie's 2nd run = 38 seconds
Kristian's 2nd run = 44 seconds

So it means the winner was me, but we both got faster on the second trial.

PS - there is no video because it started raining as we were running!

Main star - helping hands

I went to Miss Komen's house because I had asked her if she had any jobs that I could help with.
First I brought in the rubbish bin after it had been emptied. When I was out at the gate, I collected the mail too. After that we went inside and threw all the paper that Miss Komen didn't want in the fire - I was careful :) I also went to Miss Whyte's house and helped with the vacuuming. I had a lot of fun helping people out! :)